Mind you that the Walk of Saint James done this way is a bit hardcore; so if you are reading this article and want to have a safer and more enjoyable experience I suggest checking out my Santiago guide and packing list for first timers.

How much did I walk

I have no precise idea of how many kilometers I walked, and I think it didn't really matter during this trip.

But, for the sake of posterity and impending memory loss, I have tracked each place where I have got my papers stamped:

For each segment I have picked the shorter walking distance offered by Google Maps; turns out I walked 1631.7km, an average of 23.31km a day (min 14, max 68.2).

Have a nifty map:

Detail of my French and Portuguese Camino de Santiago walk

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, the exact spot where everything started

Considering that my attempt at writing a detailed diary of my walk was a failed experiment, I will list a few highlights taken from my diary and notes (some names redacted to protect the innocent and the cheating):

Lisboazona

When I reached Lisbon I stayed in a fancy hotel for a few nights to decompress, then moved to the best hostel in Lisbon, Good Morning Hostel, where i stayed for a whole month while setting up my life in the portuguese capital.

The place itself, the people I met and the friends I made within the staff will always have a special spot in my heart and I will never thank them enough for all they did to make me feel welcomed in Lisbon.

I became enamored with the place, learned the language and explored the city inside-out; I have collected a few of the tricks I learned in my Lisbon hipster guide, if it helped you have a nice time there please let me know!

MEGATHANKS

In the meantime, thank you very much for your interest, I really appreciate.

Every person honestly interested in what I do helps me delay selling out -- cheers!

In one of his gloomier moments Pascal said that all man's unhappiness stemmed from a single cause, his inability to remain quietly in a room . 'Notre nature,' he wrote , 'est dans le mouvement.. . La seule chose qui nous console de nos miseres est le divertissement.' Diversion. Distraction. Fantasy. Change of fashion, food, love and landscape. We need them as the air we breathe. Without change our brains and bodies rot. The man who sits quietly in a shuttered room is likely to be mad, tortured by hallucinations and introspection. — Bruce Chatwin